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How is the atomic mass of an atom determined and why are electrons not used in the calculation?
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How is the atomic mass of an atom determined and why are electrons not used in the calculation?

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atomic mass unit is most of the time used to measure the mass of a subatomic particle. electrons do that have enough mass for it to be considered a atomic mass unit

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